I don’t know how you were not onto these people from the getgo.
Just the devil at work, I guess. I pride myself, maybe it is a false pride, but when the picture opened up and I saw that man’s eyes I knew he was a liar. I didn’t know who he was, hadn’t yet read who he was, he has that tell tale liar eye problem. And the wife, I guess it is the wife, has that stupid adoring look you see in those couples. I will tell you the truth, if I see a sign on a church showing the pastor’s name along with his wife, like they will be your bff it turns me off that church. I don’t worship the pastors, I respect some of them, but many are just inflated egos working the public. Especially those on the big time TV channels, and some of them who are not. Just shaking my head on this one and so happy you saw the light even through their darkness.

I thought it was interesting that–as Steve said, no mention of God–but one of the first things he said was “raising up a generation of people who are passionate for the local church.” Again, not God, not even the Church as a whole…the *local* church.

I am not a crafty person, so I don’t automatically analyze the motives of crafty people. Now that you bring this up, though, the wheels are turning.

Trinity is very hostile to other churches. It’s unusual to see them involve themselves with other churches that are withing driving distance. My belief is that they think their congregants are their property, and they’re terrified that a better preacher will draw them away and cost them money.

When they say “local,” it probably reflects the same kind of anxiety, directed toward money-grubbers who are on TV. The Trinity leaders are the same kind of people, and they don’t like competition.

People from Trinity keep moving to my church. The leaders over there suspect that I’ve led an insidious campaign to lure people away, but the truth is that when people come to a real church and encounter the Holy Spirit, they don’t want to go back to Trinity and watch the pastor’s son eat a bug or shave his head to get people to show up.

I have urged a few people to try New Dawn Ministries, and I openly encourage anyone who shows an interest, but if I had been hit by a bus in 2010, people would still be leaving Trinity. It’s a terrible church.